Review: Abbott Elementary, Panel | Season 3, Episode 8
This week’s Abbott Elementary episode, “Panel,” is a quick bounce back of sorts after last week’s “Librarian.” Kate Peterman’s script is a tighter-written (and overall funnier) episode, with its biggest issue stemming from the nature of being a network television sitcom (and a hit one at that). Funnily enough, that’s also relevant to this plot where Abbott Elementary does its own take on the tried and true sitcom trope of a character (in this case, Janine) needing to be in two places at once. “Panel” doesn’t exactly provide the type of farce one would expect with that particular plot—as it is upfront with Janine having to do this balancing act, as opposed to Janine trying to do it all under the cover of hilariously convoluted secret—but it still makes solid humor out of the situation.
In terms of the episode’s “biggest issue,” a large part of Janine’s drive stems from the concept that Janine has been out of the loop with her friends and colleagues at Abbott and h…
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